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GEORGE n w. BAY, 'oF 'Sirensernten, MASSACHUSETTS. Lezers Page175.63,177, dans Mme 25,- 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES IOR EMBOSSING ARTIGIil-IS 0I' WEARING APPAREL, i

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RAY, of Springfield, in the county ofHampden, and ,State of'Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement -up'on Machinery for Embossing Paper for Articles of WearingApparel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description'of the construction and operation of thesame,lreference being had to .the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation.

Figure 2" is a transverse section throughtline'A B of. Iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a plan of a metallic plate, covered with a woven fabric;and.

Figure 4 is a sectionof fig. 3 through line a a. l

The nature of my invention consists4v in Vthevconstruction of apparatusfor using a Woven fabric under aheavy pressure, for the purpose ofembossing paper, either before or afterits conversion into articles ofwearing apparel, by forcing the-woveufabric into the surface of the`paper, so that the paper may present an exact negative of the fabric,instead o f using metallic dies, said fabric, or its production, formingthe subject of mv application tiled March 28, 1865. v

Iny the drawings, AA. is a cast-iron frame, firmly braced and held bythe rods Zi b, in which frameis an aperture, g, made to receive Athesliding boxes e e, which are the bearings ofthe rolls ad. The' upperroll c, has itsjbcarings or boxes upon the upper side,4 and it restsupon and communicates its motion to'the lowerroll, and screws, areprovided to force the upper roll c do'wn upon the lower roll d when itis desired to obtain greater pressure. lThe upper roll c is coveredwithany desired woven fabric which I-wish to imitate. It may be well tofirst varnish over the surface of themetallio roll c witha thin solutionof shellac, or its equivalent, and before it is entirely dry 'stretchoverv its surface the fabric to `be imitated, and bring the two lendsofthe fabric together, so thatthey shall be exactly even and level uponthe face of the roll. The upper rolle is then-forced down upon the'lower roll d by means ofthe screws so that there maybe suiiicientpressure, and motion is communicated by means of the pulley z'. Thewoven fabric, when bedded and held {irmby the shellac, becomes perfectlysolid und hard, and becomes in itself a. die, fromiwhich many thousandimpressions can be taken without injury tothe fabric. It is obviousthat, .instead of covering'tlie roll c,,thc fabric might be carriedaround 'the rroll e and over au auxiliary lroll placed above it, in theform of an'endless belt,-o it might be a long. piece of goods, reeledfrom one roll,lcairied between the embossing rolls c d, and reelcd uponanother roll upon the other side. To secure eas-y manipulation of thepaper and a good impression, however, it is best that the fabric shouldbc as solid 'as possible. I also cover a metallic plate, p, with'an'yfabric which I wish to4 imitate, on either one or -both sides, andwhenlIemboss paper in the sheet, caniwhe'n the plate is covered on both'sides with the fabric)l emboss two or three sheets at once, by placing'Vtwo sheets faced to the covered plate, .one on `each side, and stillanother faced to the covered roll,and Athen pass Athe covered platep,with the paper, between the rolls.

When embossing paper in' the roll, oriu a continuous strip or sheet, Iplacethe roll of'papcr upon one side of the machine, in such position asthat 'it shall be unrolled easily and freely, and pass it between therolls' without using thecovered plate, and as fast as itlpasses throughand is embossed, roll it up upon another roller on the other side of themachine. After ,startingiu this way it needs no particular attendanceuntil completed. The rapidity with which I canA changefrom one qualityorkind of fabric to another (as the roll can be covered with anydesiredfabric in ten minutes) obviates -the lexpense-and sometimes perplexingdelays of manufacturing and waiting for metallic dies', and, as manythousand sheets cani beerubossed from one piece of goods withoutmaterially injuring it, ythe manufacture of imitated cloth goods frompaper, which* article-is Vnew becoming extensively used and ,introducedin commerce, is verymucli chcapened and facilitated.' l

I do not claim to emboss by means of rolls alone, vas. this'has beenpractised heretofore, but iu doing so it has been necessary to have therolls engraved, either one or both of them,` a 'practice which involvesmuch time, labor, and expense, and even` then itis foundimpossible tomak-e anl 'engraved roll' which will produce an exact and perfectnegativ-c imitation of the fibre and igureof a fa,bric,'especially theliner q ualities of linen and m'uslin;y but by myv method Ican-produceuu exact and perfect imitation of any` fabric,"l1oweve'r fineortcoarse, s0 that even the twist of the thread-may be seen intheimpression by the aid of a glass.- Neither do Iclalm to emboss bymens of electrotyped oi any other 'metaldl-icdies, as I am aware thatlthis has alsobeen done heretofore by varius similar means and devices;but, having described my invention, what I do claim as new, and

desireV tov secre by Letters Patent, iis-'- l. The roll c, covered, orpartially-covered, with a, woven fabric, in combination` with. the rolld, substanl tiallyas described and for. the purpose sieb foith.

2. The plate p, in combinatio Wiihthe roll c and roll d, ovnev or moreof these parts being covered, all

substantially asfdescribe and'fr the purpose set fornh. y

' GEORGE W: R-AY

